Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01

houses and stores were broken by the con
cnssion, and at West Superior, six miles
distant, the same effect was produced. I
ls supposed two men were killed, who ar,
Jhoughtt 70 have been at the works. rh,
cause OF the explosion is unknown.
a Ne~illsville, Wis, telegram says
Daniel Allen, convicted Of the murder O.
Henry Wright and awaiting sentence, es
fnl ehd rem aaa Friday night, Next morn
the prisoner gone and there is no clue to
the direction he took. He had been allowed
the greatest liberty, the sheriff repeatedly
sending him to drive a COW to pasture, 8
mile from town, unaccompanied. Tt is
which he shaved himself the evening before
he escaped, as he has for years worn q
heavy beard his most intimate ~acquaint-
ances could hardly recognize him.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. N. Davio of st. Paul
Mimi, aged respectively IS and IL years,
the parents of U. s. Senator G. K. Davis,
hada narrow escape from drowning at
Lake McCarron, Monday afternoon. With
Mr.. McCarrOn they we're in q BOAT fishing
q rods from shore and IA feet Of water Both
mon standing to cast their lines overturned
the boat. and by heroic presence Of mind
again entered the water and with a pole
assisted MI. McCarron to the land.
Charles johnson, a farmer living
near St. Cloud, Mimi, went into town
Wednesday to get money to pay off his two
hired men, who wanted to quit. Going
back home, he met the men on the Missis
sippi river bridge,and they demanding their
pay. ne gave 1t to them. He noticed they
was their clothes; but on going home be
found that during his absence they had
stolen everything of value in the house.
1t is reported from Carroll County,
Iowa, that many fields of small grain are
being plowed up to be planted with corn.
Mr.. Wolfe says that in his neighborhood
chinch bugs have about ruined all the bar
ley and of course all small grain is suffering.
he and many others will commence turning
these fields into corn at once. This may be
a little late, but, with the average Iowa fall,
ought to come out all right. TIL cause of
all this trouble is found in the extreme dry
weather of the last several months. It is
the first time such work has been necessary
in that county.
Gov. Taylor of Tennessee has invited
Gov. McGin Of Minnesota, to be present on
May 81, at the laying of the cornerstone
of the National Exposition of Amer
lean Industries in Nashville.
In the invitation, Gov. Taylor says: ION
that day will be proclaimed to the world
that the South will henceforth take rank
with the North all industrial occupations.
We beg of you to assist in making the oc-
casion forever memorable by your presence.
VIM. Gilbert, a travelling salesman
for a Chicago house was found murdered in
st. Paul Mimi, about midnight on the 25th.
a house of designation occupied by colored
people, he was unconscious and died within
hour. It was found his neck was broken
and his head and face had suffered from
blows. He was about IS years old and un-
married. Several persons, male and female
are In custody awaiting an investigation.
In Jefferson township, Green County,
Iowa, John Fall and wife we're murdered
and their house burned on the night of the
18th. It is supposed the crime was COM
mitted for the purpose of robbery. The
body OF Mrs. Fall was outside the house
with her head crushed in and the body of
Mr.. Fall, not entirely consumed showed a
similar injury.
At Cannon Falls, Mimi, citizens are
removing as rapidly as possible all traces of
the late fire. Fifty men are ct work
new buildings for temporary use are going
up. ALI the safes have been opened and
found in good shape. A carefully
revised estimate of losses places them at
$125, GOO.
On the oath, when the freight train
from Hawarden arrived at Salem, Oak, a
dead man was seen in one of the cars pinned
against the end OF it by the lumber with
which it was loaded. He had been stealing
a ride. The lumber had been thrown against
him, and he was dead before help arrived.
He proved to be Henry E. Reese of Huron,
who leaves q wife and six children.
At Chippewa Falls, Wis, ..on the "a,
the new wooden mill was destroyed by fire.
The inside of the mill and machinery were
ruined. Loss. $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
The loss falls heavily on Simon Cobban ard
whether the mill will be rebuilt. 7. Crys-
tai was badly hurt by the pole Of the hose
cart striking him in the side. ,.o
On the 25th, a freight brakeman,
Henry Maxwell, while attempting to board
an engine on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids
&'Northern railway at Palmer, Dakota wa
run over and SO severely injured that he
died in an hour. His brother is a conductor
on the east end Of the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids and Northern. His remains were
sent to La Crosse, Wis.
At New Richmond, Wis. On the 21st,
Joseph Wingerer was killed by the collapse
of q cistern which he was building for O.
w. Mosher. The accident took place at Z
O'Clock in the morning, and was caused by
removing the timbers before the mortar had
set. Mr.. Burke was quite badly injured at
the same time. - ,:ta - 1
At Hope, OAK, on the oath, John w.